Whether you’re seeing family, road-tripping, or keeping it low-key at home, don’t forget to add one more activity for Memorial Day weekend: browsing the holiday sales before they disappear. Memorial Day sales mark our official entry into summer and the exact time to stock up on the upcoming season’s essentials. Amazon’s deals in particular are…
Summary Memorial Day travelers face a triple threat of surging gas prices, flight delays and severe weather across the eastern half of the US. The average cost of gas has topped $4 a gallon nationwide as nearly 40 million Americans hit the roads this weekend amid the ongoing war in Iran. A sinkhole at LaGuardia…
<a href="https://s25562.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BRBRBTRAirport_019_COLOR.jpg.optimal.jpg" data-caption=" The Baton Rouge Metro Airport. (Collin Ritchie)”> The Baton Rouge Metro Airport. (Collin Ritchie) The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is preparing for a busy Memorial Day travel period as industry forecasts project what could be the busiest Memorial Day weekend on record for U.S. travel. BTR Assistant Director of Aviation Louis Hubbard…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded satellite operators Viasat and SES contracts worth a combined $437.6 million to build communications satellites for a new military network designed to withstand jamming and cyber attacks. The contracts, announced May 22, are part of the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global program, known as PTS-G, which aims to use smaller…
Firms today are pushing employees to use as much AI as possible to squeeze out the technology’s productivity gains. But that pressure is leading to cracks, and those cracks may be irreparable. Microsoft has reportedly begun canceling most of its direct Claude Code licenses, according to The Verge, instead moving engineers toward using GitHub Copilot…
As Imax appears up for sale with early-stage talks with possible suitors, financial analysts have lost no time speculating on who may be a likely buyer. And Wall Street’s list, right now, is long. It stretches from traditional exhibitors (possibly), to private equity firms (could be circling) and tech giants (it would be a rounding…
The nine Californians fell ill between March 27 and April 30, and health officials identified the likely source of the outbreak as beef koftka (ground beef kebabs) served at The Kebab Shop, a restaurant chain with locations across California, including nine in the Bay Area. Six of the nine people are children, and five have…
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California health officials announced Friday they are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to seasoned ground beef kebabs served at multiple locations of The Kebab Shop restaurant chain in Southern and Northern California. The California Department of Public Health said nine California residents have been infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli…
The modern workforce has no shortage of white-collar tensions—from return-to-office mandates to AI anxiety and Slack etiquette wars. But another issue is quietly creeping into the workforce—one rooted not in technology or bureaucracy, but in age. America’s population is aging rapidly, and there aren’t enough young workers to backfill their critical roles; Svenja Gudell, chief…
Transportation Autonomous Cars The Alphabet company said it was also pausing service in Atlanta and San Antonio over concerns about flooded roads. The Alphabet company said it was also pausing service in Atlanta and San Antonio over concerns about flooded roads. May 22, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+…
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Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: @slowbuyclub/TikTok It’s official: Shein has purchased Everlane, one of the pioneers of what was once called “sustainable fashion.” (On May 17, Puck reported the going price was $100 million.) In its heyday, Everlane won over millennial shoppers with its affordable basics and commitment to what it referred to as “radical…
A United Airlines flight was forced to divert Thursday after a passenger allegedly tried to open a door at 36,000 feet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control audio. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Flight 1551, a Boeing 737 Max 8 carrying…
The Texas Attorney General has sued Meta over allegations that the company’s WhatsApp messenger, used by more than 3 billion people, doesn’t provide the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) it has long claimed. Since at least 2016, Meta (then named Facebook) has said WhatsApp provides robust end-to-end encryption, meaning that messages are encrypted on a sender’s device…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more unauthorized electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto the U.S. market, The Associated Press has learned. The guidelines, posted days before former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned, will allow companies…
Mission Station police Capt. Sean Perdomo, center, chats with a man who was selling various items at the BART plaza at Mission and 24th streets. Gabrielle Lurie/S.F. Chronicle The scene that played out at the Mission District’s BART plaza on 24th Street has become all too familiar in San Francisco. A crowd of about three dozen…
EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Crews worked Friday to clean up a large oil spill in East Los Angeles after a construction project ruptured an underground pipeline, sending thousands of gallons of crude oil into streets, storm drains and the L.A. River. The area near Cesar Chavez and Eastern avenues was closed and remained shut…
This column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation. Sign up to get the full version, which includes answers to reader questions, trivia, service changes and more, in your inbox every Thursday. Long Island can’t function without the railroad. If all the riders on…
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce injected massive momentum into the quantum computing sector, announcing over $2.0 billion in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act across nine quantum computing companies. D-Wave (QBTS) secured a $100 million letter of intent to accelerate domestic system fabrication, granting the federal government an equity stake. The stock…
In this article SONY IMAX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Moviegoers watch the film Ne Zha 2 at an IMAX GT Cinema on February 23, 2025 in Guiyang, Guizhou Province of China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images Wall Street is buzzing following reports that IMAX is exploring a sale….
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, May 22 (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Friday, as investors worried that the U.S. and Iran would be unable to reach a peace agreement that would allow shipping traffic to return to normal in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures settled at $103.54 a barrel, up 96 cents, or…
As has been the case all week, bitcoin (BTC) is trading in a tight range around the $77,000 level in U.S. morning action. There was some economic news on Friday morning, and it wasn’t pretty. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for May fell to a record low 44.8 from 48.2 previously and versus…
Risks to oil prices are firmly skewed higher amid plunging global oil inventories in the worst supply disruption in history, according to Barclays. The investment bank on Friday kept its $100 per barrel Brent forecast for 2026, but warned that the risks are skewed to the upside as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz…
But the deal may still be a win for Samsung, with smaller payouts than at local rival SK Hynix. But the deal may still be a win for Samsung, with smaller payouts than at local rival SK Hynix. May 22, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience…
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS) received a $100 million equity investment from the U.S. government under the CHIPS and Science Act. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Commerce as part of a broader $2…
Volatility Spikes as Iran Diplomacy Collides With Hormuz Fears | OilPrice.com Trending Discussions Premium Content By Editorial Dept – May 22, 2026, 6:30 AM CDT July WTI crude oil delivered a volatile week as traders aggressively repriced geopolitical risk and then rapidly removed part of that premium on hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between the…
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Stefano Rebaudo NEW YORK/MILAN, May 22 (Reuters) – Major stock indexes rose and Treasury yields eased on Friday as investors weighed the likelihood of a near-term deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Oil prices gained, with uncertainty surrounding the Iran talks still a concern. U.S. Secretary of State Marco…
Americans just loathe this economy. A closely watched measurement of US consumer sentiment fell to a fresh, all-time low in May, according to the latest survey from the University of Michigan. The May consumer sentiment index dropped for the third consecutive month, falling to 44.2 and landing below the previous record low of 49.8 set…
Customers shop for eggs at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Egg prices are finally cooling in a welcome shift for consumers. But now a new challenge is sending producers scrambling: they have too many eggs at a time when their input costs are rising….
Refresh Get notified of updates 2026-05-22T23:43:49.013Z Starship V3 Ship makes fiery splashdown in Indian Ocean as planned Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: SpaceX) (Image credit: SpaceX) (Image credit: SpaceX) (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX’s Starship V3 lands in Indian Ocean on 2 engines. It fell over and exploded as expected to massive cheers from SpaceX’s…
NEW YORK — After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key component of their thin-crust pies, bromated flour, contained a suspected carcinogen already banned in much of the world. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access…